Top 20 global Exposure Leaders
Exposure is the mirror of
Leverage, read off the same
strategic-dependence graph but in the outward direction. Each directional edge records how heavily a source nation relies on a target nation in this capability domain. A nation’s exposure is the dependence running
from it: the weight of reliance it places on the rest of the system to function.
As with leverage, this is about depth, not breadth: dependence at “low” or below is floored to zero, as are missing pairs, and each remaining outbound tie is weighted by the square of how far it exceeds that floor. Two readings are shown: aggregate exposure, that total weight; and exposure per partner, the same total divided by the number of counterparties it leans on at the floor or above — how deep its reliance runs per supplier, rather than in aggregate. A nation ranks high per partner when it cannot function without a handful of specific partners. Computed over the single capability slice (218 nations, 32,866 directional edges).
How to read this. Aggregate exposure — the floored, squared weight of outbound dependence (reliance at “low” or below counts as zero), normalised to 0–100 against the most exposed nation. Exposure per partner — that weight divided by the count of suppliers it leans on at the floor or above (score ≥ 3), i.e. depth of reliance per supplier, normalised to 0–100. Mod / Sig / High — the number of suppliers it leans on at moderate (≥4), significant (≥5) and high (≥6) dependence. Max exp — the single deepest dependence the nation places on any partner, on the 1–7 rubric. On this ensemble-averaged slice scores peak at 4.5, so Sig and High are empty everywhere and will populate when deeper dependence appears. Click any heading except the rank to re-sort. Computed from the strategic-dependence dimension only; see Methodology.